Journal-adjusting device.



No. 773,377. PATENTED 007. 25, 1904.

W. B. DANIEL. JOURNAL ADJUSTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED we. 11, 190

N0 MODEL.

fiweizfoif device which affords means whereby a car- UNITED STATES Patented October 25, 1904.

FFICEQ WVILLIAM B. DANIEL, OF BAIRD, TEXAS.

JOURNAL-ADJUSTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,377, dated October 25, 1904.

Application filed August 11, 1904.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. DANIEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baird, in the county of Callahan and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Journal-Adjusting Devices, of which the following is a specification.-

My invention relates to a journal-adjusting wheel journal is readily and quickly centered or brought to any desired position in a journal oil-box while the same is jacked upfor the positioning or replacing of brasses and wedges therein.

One of the objects of my invention is to overcome the difficulties encountered while the jacking up of the oil-box by the simultaneous raising of-the car-wheel therewith and the coming together of the oil-box and the car-wheel, further objects of the invention being economy in construction, durability,efficiency in its operation, and inexpensiveness in the manufacture.

To these ends my invention consists in the features and in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims following the description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the device, showing the means of adjustment of the extensible members. Fig. 3 shows the wheel and the journal oil-boxin an elevated position. Fig. 4 shows the manner of using the device in connection with the carwheel and its journal-box.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the journal of a car, the numeral 2 the wheel, and 3 the journal oil-box, they being of the ordinary construction and assembled in the usual manner. Also I have shown a liftingjack 4, of the ordinary type, situated under the oil-box 3, thus jacking up thesame at the outer end thereof.

The numeral 5 indicates the handle of my device, formed in this instance of metal, though they can be made of any suitable material and having two arms 6 and 7 made integral therewith. Secured at the outer ends Serial No. 220,438. (No model.)

of the said arms 6 and 7 and mounted between the same is a body-plate 9, arranged at right angles to the said arms and extended in opposite directions thereto. Theopposite ends of the body-plate 9 extend in the recess formed by the extensions 10 and 11 of the extensible members 12 and 13, which latter may be of any desired thicknessor length and of any suitable material, preferably metal. Said extensible members 12 and 13 are capable of being adjusted in opposite directions from each other on thebody-plate 9, and for this purpose the extensions 10 and 11 of the members 12 and 13 are provided with a series of openings 14, which register with one another to allow a suitable fastening means to be inserted therein for securing the said extensible members 12 13 in an adjusted position on the body-plate 9, the latter being provided with a series of openings 15 which correspond to the openings in the extensions 10 and 11. I have provided bolts 16,which extend through the openings 14 in the extensions from one side to the other of the members 12 and 13 to engage the openings of the body-plate 9, whereby the locking of the said members 12 and 13 in different positions is secured. The members 12 and 13 are shown with biting terminals 17, so that when they are in contact with a part the biting terminals 17 will prevent slipping of the device.

To apply the device it is necessary for the operator to actuate the lifting-jack 4, so as to cause the'raising of the oil-box 3 a distance which will simultaneously elevate the journal 1 and the car-wheel 2 therewith, and then by means of the insertion .of anysuitable wedging-tool in the oil-box3 press down the journal 1 therein, thus causing the said journal 1 to move downward again, returning the carwheel 3 to its normal position in contact with the track-rail. Now the operator grasps the handle 5 of the device, bringing the member 13 in contact with the car-wheel3 at the rim thereof and engaging the member 12 at the under side of the oil-box 3 at a point removed from the outer end thereof, said members 12 and 13 being previously adjusted the desired distance apart on the body 9 so as to contact near the inner end of the oil-box 3 and with the rim of the car-wheel 2 to hold the same separated.

The device being so positioned, the operator now withdraws the wedging-tool, relieving the downward pressure on the journal 1, the same assuming and. being maintained in a requisite position in the journal oil-box 3, due to the opposition pressure of the said contacting members 13 and 12, respectively, against the rim of the car-wheel 2 and the oil-box 3, so the insertion of brasses and Wedges can be introduced into the latter at will.

It is understood that 1 do not confine myself to the particular shape and construction as heretofore pointed out, as the same may be of any desired shape and construction without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the class described, having a handle, and means for engaging a car-wheel rim and oil-box.

2. A device of the class described, having members for engaging a car-wheel rim and. an oil-box.

3. A device of the class described having extensible members for engaging acarwheel I rim and an oil-box.

4:. A device of the class described having oppositely-extensible members for engaging a car-wheel rim and an oil-box.

5. A device of the class described having reversely-extensible members for engaging a car-wheel rim and an oil-box.

6. A device of the class described havinga holding means, and reversely-extensiblemem bers for engaging a car-wheel rim and an oilbox.

7. A device of the class described including a holding means, oppositely-extensible members carried thereby, and means for adjusting the same.

8. A device of the class described. including a holding means, oppositely-extensible members cooperating therewith and provided with biting terminals, and means for adjusting the said members.

9. A device of the class described, including a holding means, reversely-extensible members cooperating therewith and provided with roughened terminals, and means for locking the said members in an adjusted position.

In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM B. DANIEL. WVitnesses:

J. E. GILLILAND, C. D. RUssELL. 

